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Loveland couple accused of plot to rob pedophiles released on own recognizance

Sareena Morrison, Dustin Canup ordered not to contact each other

By Pamela Dickman

Posted:
02/08/2013 04:30:13 PM MST

Updated:
02/08/2013 04:30:21 PM MST

Sareena Michelle Morrison of Loveland in 8th Judicial District Court earlier this month for a first appearance on several felony charges including attempted robbery, attempted kidnapping and extortion.
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FORT COLLINS -- A Loveland couple accused of a plot to rob a pedophile and kidnap his child were released from jail on their own recognizance - as long as they have no contact with each other and their activities are monitored.

The bond for 20-year-old Dustin Ray Canup was modified in 8th Judicial District Court on Friday from $100,000 cash, property or surety to personal recognizance in part because of an expensive medical condition.

He was diagnosed with Gaucher's disease at age 4, and his medicine for the ailment, which if untreated can cause liver failure, would cost Larimer County up to $30,000 per month were he housed in the jail, noted Patrick Esser, his public defender.

Dustin Ray Canup of Loveland in 8th Judicial District Court earlier this month on several felony charges including attempted robbery, attempted kidnapping and extortion at the Larimer County Justice Center.
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Last year, the jail spent $180,000 total for medications for all inmates over all 12 months.

Judge Thomas French agreed to change Canup's bond so he does not have to pay anything up front but would be liable for the money if he does not show up in court as long as he lives with his brother or sister and is monitored by a global positioning system.

She must live at home with her parents, keep at 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew and submit to electronic home monitoring.

Both Morrison and Canup cannot use a computer or Internet while on bond because their alleged crime involved looking for victims on the web.

Loveland police say an undercover police officer answered an ad Canup and Morrison posted on the Internet and agreed to met them at a hotel for sex with his 6-year-old daughter. The duo planned to rob the man and kidnap his child, according to their statements to police.

Instead, they met with the undercover officer, who arrested them Jan. 25. Authorities claim they had set up another meeting with a man who thought Morrison was underage and was willing to pay her for sex. Again, they told police they planned to rob him, according to an arrest affidavit.

Both are charged with attempted kidnapping, attempted robbery and conspiracy to commit extortion, all felonies. And both are due in court Feb. 22 for possible plea agreements, she at 8:30 a.m. and he at 2 p.m.

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